Improvement in bee-houses



anni @fait JAMES WyWooD, or AfLDEN, ILLINOIS. j

Letters Patent No. 109,702, dated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HOUSES.

The Schedule referred Ato in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, JAMES W. WOOD, of Alden,in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Bee-Houses; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of' thisspecification.

)Iy invention relates to bee-houses, and consists in an improvedconstruction thereof, whereby the hives are protected from depr'edationand yet rendered easily accessible to the bees, all as hereinafter moreparticula-rly specified.

Figure lis a sectional elevation of my improved bee-house, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section ot' the same.

Similar letterspf` reference indicate crn'responding parts.

A represents asmall rectangular house, of the proper size for containingthe hives B iu two rows, one on each side, two or more tiers'high, asshown.

' 'lhesehives are boxes having divisions @making lower compartments Dand upper ones c'. The lower ones have passages E leading Vto them,through the side of the house, and there are passages I" from the lowercompartments to the upper ones. v

The inner vertical sides G of the upper compare ments are maderemovable, for the purpose of introducing honey-boxes H into the uppercompartments for the bees to deposit their honey in, and to be withdrawnfor removing the honey when the bees are in ythe space below.

After these boxes are withdrawn the holes F may be plugged, and the beescontined t-o the space below.

'Iwo honey-boxes may be placed in the compartment if preferred. t

'Ihe bees may be introduced to these hives, from a table or other hive,through the door I of the house and the doors G, after which the latterare closed and the outside passage E opened.`

The only means of access to the honey-boxes being through the door I, itis safely secured against rob' -bery by properly securing the door. Thehives being opened to allow the bees access to the space in the housebetween the hives will prevent the bees from swarming.

Haviogthus 'described my invention7 I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The arrangement of' the bee-house A, secured by alocked door, I, and having a central passage between inwardly-removablehives, said hives being accessible only to bees from the outside bymeans ot' apertures E, substanthtlly as described.

vJAMES lV, VI OOD.

Witnesses: Gno. B. Asnnnws, U. N. Guns.

